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Seven jurors chosen in Trump criminal trial, 11 more needed

Seven jurors have been selected for former President Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial. Lawyers approved the seven individuals, including two lawyers, an IT worker, a nurse, an English teacher, a software engineer and a sales professional. Like all other potential jurors interviewed for the New York case, they were grilled on their political beliefs and thoughts towards the former …

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Watchdog group sues Biden admin for docs related to menthol cigarette crackdown

FIRST ON FOX: A government watchdog group is suing the Biden administration over documents it has sought via information request related to proposed regulations targeting menthol cigarettes. Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), alleging that the agency has violated its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). …

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Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison detainee shares emotional testimony in trial against Virginia military contractor

A former detainee at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison described to jurors Monday the type of abuse that is reminiscent of the scandal that erupted there 20 years ago: beatings, being stripped naked and threatened with dogs, stress positions meant to induce exhaustion and pain. The testimony from Salah Al-Ejaili, a former Al-Jazeera journalist who spent more than a month …

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Legal experts say Biden admin's legal theory in Jan 6 prosecution 'on the ropes' after Supreme Court argument

Legal experts said the Biden administration was “on the ropes” in Tuesday’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court in a case questioning whether a Jan. 6 rioter can be charged with a federal “obstruction” crime, which carries implications for former President Trump. On Tuesday, Jeffrey Green, lawyer for Joseph Fischer – who is one of more than 300 people charged …

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Texas set to be fined $100,000 per day after failing to investigate allegations of abuse in foster care system

A federal judge is fining Texas $100,000 per day for routinely neglecting to adequately investigate allegations of abuse and neglect raised by children in the state’s struggling foster care system. U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack in Corpus Christi ruled Monday that the Texas Health and Human Services agency has shown contempt of her orders to fix the way the …

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Trump should risk arrest and attend son's graduation, Piers Morgan says, force Dems into 'political suicide'

After New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan told former President Trump he would face arrest if he did not attend daily court sessions in his hush money trial, Fox Nation host Piers Morgan said the presumptive GOP presidential candidate should attend his son Barron’s graduation, and challenge the judge’s warning. “Donald Trump should go to his son’s graduation … …

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Colorado funeral home owners found with nearly 200 decomposing bodies, charged with COVID fraud

A Colorado Springs, Colorado couple who authorities claim abandoned nearly 200 bodies in a building infested with maggots and flies, faces additional charges after allegedly spending more than $880,000 in COVID relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery and other personal expenses. Jon Hallford and his wife, Carie Hallford, owned the Back to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado Springs and had …

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US judge claims no jurisdiction over lawsuits accusing Libyan commander of war crimes

A U.S. judge has tossed out a series of civil lawsuits against a Libyan military commander who used to live in Virginia and was accused of killing innocent civilians in that country’s civil war. At a court hearing Friday, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said she had no jurisdiction to preside over a case alleging war crimes committed in Libya, …

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Biden resists pulling controversial judicial nominee Adeel Mangi despite Democrat defectors

The White House is not taking any cues from Republicans who have advised President Biden to withdraw a controversial judicial nomination. Instead, it’s digging in its heels to lobby Democratic senators to support Adeel Mangi for the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. A White House official updated Fox News Digital on the status of Mangi’s nomination, which has been scrutinized …

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Bragg’s absurd case against Trump finally gets its undeserved day in court

Absent an eleventh-hour reprieve from a higher court, Donald Trump will become the first U.S. president to face a criminal trial when it commences on Monday in New York. Let the circus begin. The ringmaster of the Big Top clown show is Alvin Bragg, the progressive Manhattan district attorney who campaigned — unethically — on the promise to bring down …

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